Forgiving Quotes - Page 36

• I, for one, am quite willing to join the 'forgive, forget and move on' crowd, but it does make me wonder if Evangelicals are going to sound believable when they say that they tend to vote Republican because of their religious commitments to the family.

  Tony Campolo

  Religious, Moving, Commitment

  "The Surprising Evangelical Support for Newt Gingrich" by Tony Campolo, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 27, 2012.

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• There's such a freewheeling nature to 'Second City,' and the greatest thing about 'Second City' was having a sophisticated audience night after night who appreciated what it was. They knew it wasn't all going to be great when you improvised, so they were very forgiving that way.

  Steve Carell

  Night, Cities, Way

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• People who truly love us can be divided into two categories: those who understand us, and those who forgive us our worst sins. Rarely do you find someone capable of both.

  Jonathan Carroll

  Love, Forgiveness, Two

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• I've looked on many women with lust. I've committed adultery in my heart many times. God knows I will do this and forgives me.

  Jimmy Carter

  Crazy, Heart, Patriotic

  "Style Invitational Week 1055: A K-contest to honor the K of 1K blots of ink; plus anagrams". www.washingtonpost.com. January 9, 2014.

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• There is nothing that people bear more impatiently, or forgive less, than contempt: and an injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult.

  Lord Chesterfield

  Insult To Injury, People, Bears

  Lord Chesterfield (1998). “Lord Chesterfield's Letters”, p.87, OUP Oxford

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• Let us not listen to those who think we ought to be angry with our enemies, and who believe this to be great and manly. Nothing is so praiseworthy, nothing so clearly shows a great and noble soul, as clemency and readiness to forgive.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Forgiveness, Believe, Thinking

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• In battle, you forgive a man anything except an unwillingness to take risks. Sometimes you have to put it on the line.

  Tom Clancy

  Memorable, Men, Risk

  "King Of The 'Techno-thriller'" by Patrick Anderson, www.nytimes.com. 1988.

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• In the Bible it says they asked Jesus how many times you should forgive, and he said seventy times seven. Well, I want you all to know that I'm keeping a chart.

  Hillary Clinton

  Forgiveness, Jesus, Political

  "Hillary the Pol" by Connie Bruck, www.newyorker.com. May 30, 1994.

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• To confer dignity, forgive. To express contempt, forget.

  Mason Cooley

  Dignity, Forget, Contempt

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• Jesus teaches us to forgive and I've got to trust him on that one.

  Billy Corgan

  Jesus, Teach

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• Those who easily forgive invite offenses.

  Pierre Corneille

  Offense, Invites

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• I have always hated celebrities lecturing people on politics. So forgive me. But I am passionate about this country. I am equally passionate about the potential of the people who live here.

  Simon Cowell

  Country, People, Forgive Me

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• The history of our country is cruel. We have to face those issues or, should I say, we had to. Not anymore I hope, because we are going in the right direction, and we are ready to forgive, ready to move on.

  Novak Djokovic

  Country, Moving, Issues

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• Aviation is the branch of engineering that is least forgiving of mistakes.

  Freeman Dyson

  Mistake, Engineering, Branches

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• Parents forgive their children least readily for the faults they themselves instilled in them.

  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

  Children, Parenting, Inspire

  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1994). “Aphorisms”, Ariadne Press (CA)

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• God forgive you, but I never can.

  Elizabeth I

  God Forgives, Queen Of England

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• Most laws condemn the soul and pronounce sentence. The result of the law of my God is perfect. It condemns but forgives. It restores - more than abundantly - what it takes away.

  Jim Elliot

  Law, Perfect, Soul

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• Jesus died to forgive our sins. Dare we make his martyrdom meaningless by not committing them?

  Jules Feiffer

  Jesus, Religion, Sin

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• The people who did you wrong or who didn't quite know how to show up, you forgive them. And forgiving them allows you to forgive yourself too.

  Jane Fonda

  People, Forgive Yourself, Shows

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• Above all, you ask if the God of Christians forgives those who do not believe and who do not seek faith. Given the premise, and this is fundamental, that the mercy of God is limitless for those who turn to him with a sincere and contrite heart, the issue for the unbeliever lies in obeying his or her conscience.

  Pope Francis

  Christian, Lying, Believe

  "Letter To A Non-Believer". w2.vatican.va. September 4, 2013.

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• Forgive me my nonsense, as I also forgive the nonsense of those that think they talk sense.

  Robert Frost

  Forgiveness, Thinking, Forgive Me

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• Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee, and I'll forgive Thy great big joke on me.

  Robert Frost

  Life, Forgiveness, God

  In the Clearing (1962) "Cluster of Faith"

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• I really don't think life is about the I-could-have-beens. Life is only about the I-tried-to-do. I don't mind the failure but I can't imagine that I'd forgive myself if I didn't try.

  Nikki Giovanni

  Inspirational, Life, Inspiring

  Nikki Giovanni (1988). “Sacred cows-- and other edibles”, William Morrow & Co

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• Before we can forgive one another, we have to understand one another.

  Emma Goldman

  Inspirational, Forgiveness, Understanding

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• As I got older, I guess I became more mellow and more forgiving and more loving.

  Billy Graham

  Mellow

  "Larry King Live" with Larry King, transcripts.cnn.com. June 16, 2005.

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